An Intimate Rebuke is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Laura S. Grillo in 2019-01-10, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Religion genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Religion book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, An Intimate Rebuke can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
An Intimate Rebuke Book PDF Summary
Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises, postmenopausal women—the Mothers—make a ritual appeal to their innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to curse and expel the forces of evil. In An Intimate Rebuke Laura S. Grillo draws on fieldwork in Côte d’Ivoire that spans three decades to illustrate how these rituals of Female Genital Power (FGP) constitute religious and political responses to abuses of power. When deployed in secret, FGP operates as spiritual warfare against witchcraft; in public, it serves as a political activism. During Côte d’Ivoire’s civil wars FGP challenged the immoral forces of both rebels and the state. Grillo shows how the ritual potency of the Mothers’ nudity and the conjuration of their sex embodies a moral power that has been foundational to West African civilization. Highlighting the remarkable continuity of the practice across centuries while foregrounding the timeliness of FGP in contemporary political resistance, Grillo shifts perspectives on West African history, ethnography, comparative religious studies, and postcolonial studies.
Detail Book of An Intimate Rebuke PDF
- Author : Laura S. Grillo
- Release : 10 January 2019
- Publisher : Duke University Press
- ISBN : 9781478002635
- Genre : Religion
- Total Page : 230 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 13,7 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book An Intimate Rebuke by Laura S. Grillo, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.